How to avoid Siri’s blood-curdling scream | Brief letters
by Letters from Technology | The Guardian on (#26ZKG)
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Samuel Gibbs' piece about the internet of things (How I turned my home into a sci-fi dream, theguardian.com, 24 December) omits an important warning: Alexa and Siri must never be left alone in the same room. The Bluetooth/Wi-Fi version of scratching each other's eyes out is not pretty, but only Siri has that blood-curdling scream.
Tony Waters
Eugene, Oregon, USA
" Can I ask you to review the use of "to sleep with" when you mean to have sex with (Report, 27 December). It is 2016 and I think your readers can deal with an accurate description rather than this 1950s euphemism for sexual activity.
Caroline Pinder
Todmorden, West Yorkshire